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Special Gift From Reebok For The Tallest
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Igor Vovkovinskiy, of Rochester, Minn., currently the tallest man in the United States at seven feet eight inches, speaks with members of the media at Reebok headquarters, in Canton, Mass., Thursday, May 3, 2012. Vovkovinskiy, who has a shoe size between 22 and 26, says he’s had…
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Li Keqiang With Belgian King
BRUSSELS — Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang, left, meets with King Albert II of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium, May 2, 2012. <Xinhua/Huang Jingwen> news@theasian.asia
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Gingrich Stops Campaign
WASHINGTON D.C., — U.S. Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich speaks during a press conference in a hotel in Washington D.C., the United States, on May 2, 2012. Gingrich on Wednesday announced he is suspending his campaign to become Republican Party’s presidential nominee. <Xinhua/Fang Zhe> news@theasian.asia
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Final Showdown Coming Close
A wall screen shows the televised debate between Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande and current President and conservative rival for re-election, Nicolas Sarkozy, at the TF1 television studio, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. The prime-time debate between conservative incumbent Sarkozy and his leftist…
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Aung San Suu Kyi Comes To Parliament
Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to reporters after attending a regular session of Myanmar Lower House, in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Wednesday, May 2, 2012. Suu Kyi was set to be sworn in to Myanmar’s military-backed parliament Wednesday to take public office for the first time since launching her struggle…
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Facebook IPO
This Feb. 1, 2012 photo shows the Facebook logo on a computer screen in Berlin. Facebook will go public on May 18, a published report says, in one of the most highly anticipated tech initial public offerings since Google went public in August 2004. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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UN Chief And Suu Kyi
YANGON – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, talks to medias during a press conference after meeting with Myanmar pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, right, at her lakeside residence Tuesday, May.1, 2012, in Yangon, Myanmar. <AP/Newsis> news@theasian.asia
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